Mavericks Team Update

December 10, 2015

Mavericks Team Update

December 10, 2015

Class Information

Math-Students will finish their math i-ready diagnostic test if they did not complete it on Tuesday and Wednesday. We will then begin to finish review our unit 3 learning - focusing on transformations. Students will take notes over and review concepts learned for translations, reflections, rotations, and diliations.

Math announcement: Unit 3, Week 3 is due Monday, December 14 - students should be working on this throughout the week. We will review for our unit test Friday and Monday, December 11 and 14th. Students will take the Unit 3 test on Tuesday, December 15.

Science- students will finish work on completing their geologic time travel commercials.

Social Studies-

English Language Arts - Today students will be finishing their charts from yesterday and beginning their infographic project.

ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR ELA: All of my assignments are posted on E-Campus. The username is the student's ID number (lunch number) and the password is their birthdate (MMDDYYYY).

Snow Closure and Delay Communication Reminder

North Kansas City Schools provides several ways for you to get the latest information on district school closings, including early release or a two-hour delayed start on days when weather is hazardous:

In case inclement weather causes the district to delay school start times or cancel classes for the day, these are the ways that information is communicated to the public:

1. District Website: www.nkcschools.orgprovides the first notification of school closings and other cancellations within minutes of a decision.

2. SchoolMessenger: Phone, email and optional text messages are sent to school families when classes are canceled, delayed or students are released early.

Additional Resources and Links

I-Ready The I-Ready program provides students with lessons and assessments to strengthen their knowledge Math and ELA concepts. The Math and ELA teachers use this program in class frequently, and will use the students' scores on the assessments that follow the lessons in their grade books. We strongly encourage students working on lessons at home if possible. The student username is the student's ID #@nkcschools.org (123456@nkcschools.org, for example) and the password is the student's birthdate (MMDDYYYY).

PowerSchool Be sure to sign up for a Parent Portal account! From this account you can view student's grades and attendance. Don't have a parent portal account?

Scholastic Scholastic Reading Clubs allow parents and students to order book and other items at an affordable price. If you use Mrs. Goodwin's classroom code, N8ZDY , when you check out, you earn free books for the ELA classroom! Want to write a check? That's fine! Simply write the check to Scholastic and turn it into Mrs. Goodwin. Monthly paper catalogues are available in Mrs. Goodwin's room as well.